Two boys have been arrested following a blaze at a haulage depot.
The youngsters, aged 11 and 13, were interviewed by police in relation to a fire at Thomas Brothers, in Murton, east Durham, on Sunday afternoon.
Fire officers arrived to find hundreds of tyres alight, and spent almost two hours trying to control the blaze.
A police spokesman said: "We have arrested two local boys and a file is being submitted to a senior officer in the administration support unit at Peterlee."
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